OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT (OSHA)

1. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT (OSHA) Prepared by Kauthar Yusuf Maalim

2. CONTENTS INTODUCTION MISSION IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES HAZARDS ADRESSED IMPACTS OSHA IN MALAYSIA RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN OSHA’S LAW

3. INTRODUCTION • OSHA stands for “Occupational Safety and Health Act” • Established in 1970  in America • OSHA is an agency which has oversight for workers safety and health

4. MISSION To assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance

5. IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES Strong, fair, and effective enforcement Education, and compliance assistance Partnerships, Alliances and other cooperative and voluntary programs

6. HAZARDS ADRESSED Toxic substances Harmful physical agents Electrical hazards Hazardous waste Infectious diseases Fire and explosion hazards

7. OSHA’S IMPACTS It helps the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to help employers and employees reduce injuries, illnesses and deaths on the job Workplace fatalities have been cut by more than 60 percent Occupational injury and illness rates have declined 40 percent

8. OSHA IN MALAYSIA Founded in 1993 Provides a legislative framework to stimulate and encourage high standards of safety and health at work Promote safety and health awareness and establish effective safety organization through self regulation

9. OBJECTIVES To establish training programs to increase the number and competence of occupational safety and health personnel To develop mandatory job safety and health standards and enforce them effectively To encourage employers and employees to reduce workplace hazards and to implement new or improve existing safety and health programs

10. Rights and Responsibilities under OSHA

11. EMPLOYERS RESPONSIBILITIES Employers MUST provide their workers with a workplace that does not have serious hazards and must follow all OSHA safety and health standards Inform workers about chemical hazards through training, labels, alarms, color-coded. Provide safety training to workers in a language and vocabulary they can understand.

12. Perform tests in the workplace, such as air sampling, required by some OSHA standards Provide required personal protective equipment at no cost to workers Provide hearing exams or other medical tests required by OSHA standards Keep accurate records of work-related injuries

13. Notify OSHA within 8 hours of a workplace fatality

14. EMPLOYEES RIGHTS • File a confidential complaint with OSHA to have their workplace inspected • Receive information and training about hazards, methods to prevent harm, and the OSHA standards that apply to their workplace. • The training must be done in a language and vocabulary workers can understand.

15. Receive copies of records of work-related injuries and illnesses that occur in their workplace Receive copies of the results from tests and monitoring done to find and measure hazards in their workplace Receive copies of their workplace medical records.

16. File a complaint with OSHA if they have been retaliated against by their employer as the result of requesting an inspection or using any of their other rights under the OSH Act Participate in an OSHA inspection and speak in private with the inspector. File a complaint if punished or retaliated against for acting as a “whistleblower” under the 21 additional federal laws for which OSHA has jurisdiction